Bosom
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"Pardon me, my sister - my little Fanny," cried the repentant youth, pressing her to his bosom, and kissing off the tears which had burst, spite of her resolution, from her eyes.
The abhorrence of being, in any manner, auxiliary to the arrest of his friend; the danger to the life of Captain Wharton; and the heart-breaking declarations of Frances, had, however, created an uneasiness in the
bosom
of Major Dunwoodie, which all his efforts could not conceal.
Dunwoodie seized the hand which the blushing girl, in her ardor, had extended towards him, and pressed it for a moment to his bosom; then rising from his seat, he paced the room in excessive agitation.
The hills on the eastern side of the valley were abrupt, and frequently obtruded themselves in rocky prominences into its bosom, lessening the width to half the usual dimensions.
"For my sake," replied Frances, in a voice barely audible, and dropping on his
bosom.
In truth, the feelings it excited pervaded every bosom, from the kitchen to the parlor.
One so dear to Major Dunwoodie cannot fail to excite an interest in the
bosom
of his friends."
The image of the maid who had held, during the day, a disputed sovereignty in his bosom, again rose to his view with a loveliness that banished her rival, glory, from his mind.
Katy, however, always repelled this opinion with indignation; for within the recesses of her own bosom, the housekeeper, in ruminating on the events, concluded that the evil spirit did not pay in gold.
The black tresses, that during the dinner had been drawn in close folds over the crown of the head, were now loosened, and fell in profusion over her shoulders and bosom, imparting a slight degree of wildness to her countenance; the chilling white of her complexion was strongly contrasted with eyes of the deepest black, that were fixed in rooted attention on a picture she held in her hand.
Frances abandoned her whole soul to the suppressed melody of the music, though the language of the song expressed a meaning, which, united with certain events of that and the preceding day, left a sensation of uneasiness in the
bosom
of the warm-hearted girl, to which she had hitherto been a stranger.
Birch trembled, for violent emotions were contending in his
bosom.
But the unusual occurrences of the few preceding days, the altered mien of her lover during those events, his unwonted indifference to herself, and chiefly the romantic idolatry of Isabella, had aroused new sensations in her
bosom.
"Is it not a crying shame, that a sunshine hero, and an enemy, should thus be suffered to steal away one of the fairest plants that grow in our soil," muttered Lawton; "a flower fit to be placed in the
bosom
of any man!""If he be not more accommodating as a husband than as a patient, John, I fear me that the lady will lead a troubled life."
The mind of Sarah had continued to wander during the ride, and, with the ingenuity of the insane, she accommodated every circumstance to the feelings that were uppermost in her own
bosom.
An extraordinary tumult in the house induced him to quicken his speed, and on arriving at the door, the panic-stricken Katy informed him that the bullet aimed at his own life had taken effect in the
bosom
of Miss Singleton.
Isabella pressed her hand upon her bosom, still smiling, but with a ghastliness that curdled the blood of Frances.
She stretched forth her own hand, and raised that of Isabella from her
bosom.
The cry of Singleton brought the rest of the party to her bedside; but death was already upon her countenance; her remaining strength just sufficed to reach the hand of George, and pressing it to her
bosom
for a moment, she relinquished her grasp, and, with a slight convulsion, expired.
With their assistance, Caesar was enabled to advance, by slow and toilsome steps, into the
bosom
of the hills.
On this
bosom
she poured out her last breath; these hands closed her eyes; these very hands, that are now clasped in prayer, did those offices for her that you condemn my poor, poor brother, to require."
A few hours were passed by the prisoner, after his sentence was received, in the
bosom
of his family.
Take her to your bosom, and cherish her as you would cultivate innocence and virtue."
The major could not repress the eagerness with which he extended his hand to receive the precious boon; but Frances, shrinking from his touch, hid her face in the
bosom
of her aunt.
"It is - it is," whispered Frances, burying her face still deeper in the
bosom
of her aunt.
"Rest easy," cried Dunwoodie, holding her to his
bosom
for a moment, "rest easy, for Henry is safe."
"'Tis well, woman, - 'tis well," cried the minister, moving his head with supercilious disdain; "humility becometh thy sex and lost condition; thy weakness driveth thee on headlong like 'unto the
bosom
of destruction.'"
The road which it was necessary for the peddler and the English captain to travel, in order to reach the shelter of the hills, lay, for a half mile, in full view from the door of the building that had so recently been the prison of the latter; running for the whole distance over the rich plain, that spreads to the very foot of the mountains, which here rise in a nearly perpendicular ascent from their bases; it then turned short to the right, and was obliged to follow the windings of nature, as it won its way into the
bosom
of the Highlands.
But from you, also, I exact a promise, that this interview, and all that has passed between us, remain confined to your own bosom, until you have my permission to speak upon the subject."
Frances lowered her head upon her bosom, for a moment, in shame; then, elevating her fine and glowing face, she added, with enthusiasm,-"Never, never, Harvey, as God may hear my prayers!"
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